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Biografía===Juventud E Inicios===Progreso: Sexo '''Steven Andrew Soderbergh''' (nacido el [[14 de enero]] de [[1963]] en [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]], [[Estados Unidos]]) es un productor, guionista, editor y director de cine estadounidense ganador de un Oscar . ==Biografía== ===Juventud e inicios=== Nació en [[Atlanta]] de padres con ascendencia sueca. De niño, su familia se mudó de [[Atlanta]] a [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. Soderbergh creció realizando cortos en Super- 8mm con equipamiento prestado de estudiantes de la Universidad de Louisiana [http://www.hollywood.com/celebs/fulldetail/id/194792], entre los que se cuentan títulos como ''Rapid Eye Movement'' y ''Winston''. Cuando todavía estaba en el instituto, a la edad de 15 años, se apuntó en la clase de producción de cine de la universidad y empezó a producir cortos de 16 mm con equipo de segunda mano [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001752/bio]. En vez de ir a la universidad del estado de Louisiana, Soderbergh probó suerte en [[Hollywood]] después de graduarse en el instituto. Su gran oportunidad llegó cuando dirigió el video de los conciertos de la banda Yes en 1985, por título ''9012 Live'' y que fué nominado al Grammy [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll]. ===Progreso: sexo, mentiras y cintas de video=== No fué hasta que Soderbergh volvió a Baton Rouge cuando concibió la idea de ''Sexo, mentiras y cintas de video'' (1989), que fue escrita en 8 días. La película, de corte independiente, ganó la Palma de Oro en el Festival Cinematográfico de Cannes y se convirtió en un éxito comercial en todo el mundo -junto con ''Pulp Fiction'' de Quentin Tarantino- contribuyó enormemente a la revolución de los 90 del cine independiente. ===Trabajo de 1993 a 1998=== ''Sexo, mentiras y cintas de video'' fue seguida por una serie de decepciones de bajo presupuesto: ''Kafka'', que es la propia ficción de Kafka, ha sido extraída de forma notable de las novelas ''The Castle'' y ''The Trial''. Escrita por Lem Dobbs y protagonizada por Jeremy Irons como Franz Kafka; ''King of the Hill (1993), un drama aclamado críticamente; ''Underneath (1995) '', una comedia la cual él protagonizó, escribió, compuso, rodó y dirigió. Hizo buena su ''Schizopollis'', inspirada en su “llamada al despertar artístico”. Su bajón comercial terminó en 1998 con ''Out of Sight'', una adaptación de una novela de Elmore Leonard, escrita por Scott Frank y protagonizada por George Clooney y Jennifer López [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:136312~C]. El film fue ampliamente elogiado, aunque solo tuvo un moderado éxito en las taquillas. Sirvió para reafirmar el potencial de Soderbergh, iluminando el principio de una asociación artística y lucrativa entre Clooney y Soderbergh. ===Más éxito: 1999 y 2000=== Soderbergh continuó el éxito de Out of Sight haciendo otra comedia criminal, ''The Limey'' (1999), de un guión original de Lem Dobbs y protagonizada por actores veteranos como Terence Stamp y Peter Fonda. El film fue bien recibido, pero no tanto como ''Erin Brockovich'' (2000), escrita por Susanah Grant y protagonizada por Julia Roberts en el papel de una madre soltera enfrentándose a la industria en un litigio [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0101,lim,21165,1.html]. Por este papel Julia Roberts ganó un Oscar a la mejor actriz principal. Después y ese mismo año, Soderbergh lanzó su proyecto más ambicioso hasta la fecha, ''Traffic'' (con un metraje de 147 minutos, el film tenía 135 diálogos hechos en 8 ciudades diferentes), es un drama social escrito por Stephen Gaghan. ''Traffic'' se convirtió en su más aclamada película desde “Sexo, mentiras y cintas de video” y le hizo ganar un Oscar al mejor director. También fue nominado ese mismo año por Erin Brockovich. Es el único director en haber sido nominado en el mismo año al Mejor Director por dos películas diferentes en la gala de los Oscar, los Globos de Oro y el Gremio de Directores de América. Fué la primera vez que ocurrió en los Oscar en 60 años. ===Trabajo de los años 2000 al 2007=== ''Ocean’s Eleven'' (2001), con un elenco de estrellas y una estética llamativa, es la película de mayores ganancias hasta la fecha para Soderbergh, habiendo ganado más de 183 $ [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=stevensoderbergh.htm]. Clooney posteriormente apareció en ''Solaris'' (2002), marcando la tercera vez que los dos encabezaban un film. El mismo año, Soderbergh hizo ''Full Frontal'', que fue rodada en su mayoría en formato digital y en un estilo improvisado que borraba la línea entre cuando los actores están actuando como personajes y cuando están interpretando a versiones ficticias de ellos mismos: un film dentro de un film. Siguiendo a ''Full Frontal'' estilísticamente hablando, vino el siguiente proyecto de Soderbergh, ''K Street'' (2003), una serie de televisión de 10 capítulos sobre políticos que co-produjo junto a Clooney. La serie es digna de mención por ser parcialmente improvisada y cada capítulo fue producido en los 5 días antes de emitirse para tomar ventaja de los sucesos y acontecimientos que podrían ser trabajados en la narrativa relativa a la ficción. Los políticos aparecían como ellos mismos, ya fuera en cameos o en versiones ficticias de ellos mismos. ''Ocean’s twelve'' (2004), la secuela de ''Ocean’s Eleven'', fue la película siguiente. ''The Good German'' es un drama romántico que se desarrolla en el Berlín de la post- guerra, protagonizado por Cate Blanchett y Clooney y fue lanzada a finales de 2006. El sexto emparejamiento de Clooney y Soderbergh, ''Ocean’s Thirteen'', fue lanzado en Junio de 2007. ==Últimos trabajos== En 2006, Soderbergh sorprendió a todos con Bubble, un film de 1,6 millones de dólares con un reparto de actores no profesionales. Apareció en cines seleccionados y en la HDNet (canal de televisión de los Estados Unidos) al mismo tiempo y cuatro días después en DVD. Los jefes de la industria vieron como se llevaba a cabo, ya que su inusual programa de estreno podría tener implicaciones con películas futuras. [http://www.npr.org/dmg/dmg.php?prgCode=FA&showDate=24-Jan- 2006&segNum=2&mediaPref=WM&getUnderwriting=1] [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/columns/risky_business_display.jsp?vnu_conte nt_id=1002198452] Los dueños de los cines, quienes recientemente han sufrido el descenso de espectadores, no dan la bienvenida a las películas llamadas “day and date”. [http://www.backstage.com/bso/news_reviews/film/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id= 1002197235] El presidente de la Asociación Nacional de Propietarios de Teatros y Gerente General, John Fithian, dijo indirectamente que el modelo de estreno del film era “la mayor amenaza para la viabilidad de la industria del cine de hoy” [http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-18-bubble-theater-threat_x.htm]. La respuesta de Soderbergh a esas críticas fue: “No creo que esto vaya a destruir la experiencia de ir al cine más que la opción de coger comida para llevar haya destruido el negocio de los restaurantes”. La película tuvo poco éxito tanto en taquilla como en el mercado del video casero [http://www.madison.com/tct/features/index.php?ntid=76664&ntpid=0] Sin embargo, Soderbergh tiene contrato para hacer cinco películas más con el tipo de estreno (day-and-date). En 2007, Soderbergh y Tony Gilroy contribuyeron en un comentario de audio para el re-estreno del DVD ''The Third Man'', de Criterion Collection. ==Colaboraciones con actores== “Siempre me he llevado bien con ellos”, dice Soderbergh sobre los actores, “Siempre intento estar seguro de que estén bien, y cuando están en el plató los dejó a solas. No me meto en sus cosas”. Su estilo de dirigir no intrusivo, ha hecho que grandes estrellas de cine repitan interpretaciones con él . [http://www.hollywood.com/feature/id/471293]. Julia Roberts ha hecho papeles en ''Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, y Full Frontal''. Además ganó un Premio de la Academia a la Mejor Actriz por su contribución en ''Erin Brokovich''. Benicio del Toro, quién también ganó un Premio de la Academia por su trabajo en un film de Soderbergh (''Traffic''), está protagonizando la próxima ''Guerrilla''. Otros habituales en la filmografía de Soderbergh son los actores Luis Guzmán (''Out of Sight, The Llimey, and Traffic'') y Don Cheadle (''Out of Sight, Traffic, Ocean’s Eleven, Ocean’s Twelve, and Ocean’s Thirteen''). Pero el actor que ha tenido un papel protagonista en no menos de 6 de sus películas es George Clooney, con quién es co-propietario de la productora Section Eight Productions. Section Eight produjo los éxitos ''Far from Heaven'', ''Insomnia'' y ''Syriana'' así como los films dirigidos por Clooney ''Confesions of a Dangerous Mind'' y ''Good night'' y ''Good Luck''. Soderbergh a menudo actúa como su propio director de fotografía bajo el alias de [[Peter Andrews]] y ocasionalmente como su propio editor bajo el alias de [[Mary Ann Bernard]]. Mientras rodaba ''Traffic'', Soderbergh pidió el crédito de “Fotografiada y Dirigida por”. El Gremio de Escritores (WGA) no permitió otro crédito delante del de escritor. Como Soderbergh no quería que su nombre fuera usado más de una vez, adoptó un pseudónimo, [[Peter Andrews]], que eran los dos primeros nombres de su padre. Hasta la fecha del 30 de Abril de 2006 sus proyectos de producción incluían ''Guerrilla'', protagonizada por Benicio del Toro como Che Guevara, y ''Ocean’s Thirteen'' [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/imdb/imdb_frame.jsp?pagetype=title&page=/tit le/tt0452624/]. Una película de Warner Brothers tendrá a Soderbergh trabajando con Matt Damon otra vez. ''The Informant'', una historia real, tendrá a Matt Damon haciendo el papel de Mark Whitacre, un denunciante corporativo. La grabación se espera que comience el 15 de Abril de 2008 [http://www.chud.com/index.php?type=news&id=11142] El guión para la película has sido escrito por Scott Z.
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